Dancer in the Dark (2000) - Drama Movies 140 minutes. Bailarina en la oscuridad, Bailarina en la oscuridad, Danser dans le noir, Taps, Horevontas sto skotadi, Raghsandeh dar tariki, 어둠 속의 댄서. Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, escaping life's troubles - even if just for a moment - by dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings. factory worker, dying and death, individual, immigrant, blindness and impaired vision, dancing, eye operation, small town, naivety, hereditary disease, robbery, court, musical, female friendship, murder, debt, execution, police officer, trailer, daydreaming, coping mechanisms, mother son relationship